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uncle resided. During their 7-day stay, 3 ECVII® (Group II), their relatives,
asked for joint exodus as they felt their living in the farm was too hard.
Cousequently, this newly Combined group of 9 left the farm on 30-11-89 and proceeded to GUANGZHOU
) by bus. Withont any rest,, they changed another
bus for ZHU JIANG HUA QIAO FARM, PAN YU XIAN, GUANG DONG (7
珠江算偷農場 ) where the woman boatmate'a
uncle XUAN DE MING
番茄縣 lived. Through the assistance of this man, they managed to purchase a Chinese
motorized junk at a cost of RMB $3,000 and set sail on 5-12-89. Because they were
unfamiliar with the sailing skills they had once lost their way and stopped over at
a deserted island before they were eventually intercepted by Hong Kong Marine Police in the morning of 7-12-89.
Group II
All of them were overseas Chinese and born in Vietnam.
were forced to leave Vietnam and went back to China.
In 1979, they Thereafter, they were
arranged to live at TAO CHENG FARM, DAXING XIAN, GUANG XI SHENG (
大新縣 THE tax
until they met their relative's family (Group I) in
December, 1989. llaving decided to flee China for a better living, they consequently
Since then, they
left their farm on 30-11-89 with their relative from Vietnam.
shared the same routing with Group I until they arrival in Hong Kong on 7-12-89.
Additional Information
1. Six of them (Group !) were landcrossers from Vietnam.
2. Two adults had knowledge of the screening policy and mandatory repatriation
via BBC radio broadcast before their departure. They still preferred to come because they regarded themselves as political refugees.
3. All would write back to Vietnam.
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